Re: [css-d] Challenge for the bored CSS develoer

Abyss schrieb: > Hi all, > > There is something about some CSS 2 / XHTML compliant websites that bothers > me, compared to > table layed out websites.. > > > What it is, is "looks" > > What the challenge is... > to try and get this website > > http://www.imax.com.au/ > > to look exactly the

Re: [css-d] Ordered list problem with IE6

KevinN schrieb: Could anyone have an idea why IE6 displays an ordered list as 1.'s? ... http://beacon.ploghost.com/content/about/vision.php With your "Holly hack", you force the li to gain layout. But layout li get their own counting context ("having layout means that an element is responsi

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

On 15 Jun 2005, at 2:04 am, Rachael Beale (CSS-Discuss) wrote: Page: http://www.petrucci-ensemble.org.uk/redesign/petrucci-redesign- debug.html CSS: http://www.petrucci-ensemble.org.uk/redesign/style-debug.css Is this a known issue/correct behaviour? And if so, is there a way round it that

[css-d] Repost: Mac site check

Pat, I check your site with Mac FireFox and it looks pretty good. The only problem is seen was that your search box spilled outside the main box area a little. Very little, but still a little. A little padding-right should fix that easy enough. In Opera 7.5, I see no problems. Larry

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

hmm, there must be something wrong with this solution, or in providing a solution at all. Ingo __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ S

[css-d] Ordered list problem with IE6

Hi all, Could anyone have an idea why IE6 displays an ordered list as 1.'s? On firefox... It all seems ok. Please see, example here: http://beacon.ploghost.com/content/about/vision.php Thanks -- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- Kevin Navia Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

RE: [css-d] Challenge for the bored CSS develoer

> There is something about some CSS 2 / XHTML compliant > websites that bothers me, compared to table layed out websites.. > > > What it is, is "looks" Yes, I've heard this before but have you seen all the different layouts at csszengarden.com? There's definitely a few unique ones in there and

Re: [css-d] Challenge for the bored CSS develoer

> What the challenge is... > to try and get this website > http://www.imax.com.au/ > to look exactly the same but without tables :) I checked the site in Firefox/Win and the layout breaks. Do you want to keep these problems and redo the site with web standards, or is it time to get rid of _all_ p

[css-d] Challenge for the bored CSS develoer

Hi all, There is something about some CSS 2 / XHTML compliant websites that bothers me, compared to table layed out websites.. What it is, is "looks" What the challenge is... to try and get this website http://www.imax.com.au/ to look exactly the same but without tables :) it is not an eas

Re: [css-d] Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements

On 15 Jun 2005, at 9:44 am, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: When I resize the window, Opera will not redraw the positioned element, unless I hit on "Reload Page". http://www.kriton.de/CSS/fixedpos/container/CSS1Compat-fixedpos Is this a well-known feature? Yes, it's a weak point in Opera (but not a ma

Re: [css-d] Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements

Richard Grevers schrieb: > On 6/15/05, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 15 Jun 2005, at 4:12 am, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: >> >> When I resize the window, Opera will not redraw the positioned element, unless I hit on "Reload Page". http://www.kriton.de/CSS/fixedpo

[css-d] Repost: Mac site check

Thank you Georg (and David L ... ). Your suggestions prodded me to dig in deeper and I'm pleased to say I now have a page - http://xps.org/test-fluid.html (css: http://xps.org/styles/xps-fluid.css) ... ** I would appreciate a site check using Mac browsers. ** ... Patrick Mannix

Re: [css-d] Descendant Selectors

> a selector of "p" > would be sufficient to uniquely identify the needed > element. But let's > say there's another paragraph elsewhere on the page; > in that case, > "#header p" would be sufficient because #header has > to be unique if > you're using valid markup. Great explanation! I pret

Re: [css-d] site check - proper use of css expressions

Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: IE6/win2K-pro: the center-part still falls down when I bump up font-size (in the browser itself), because the two side-columns also gets wider. This font-size dependency means you'll have to compromise a bit, so here is my solution: - /* fallback */ #

Re: [css-d] Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements

Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: On 15 Jun 2005, at 4:12 am, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: When I resize the window, Opera will not redraw the positioned element, unless I hit on "Reload Page". http://www.kriton.de/CSS/fixedpos/container/CSS1Compat-fixedpos Is this a well-known feature? Yes, it's a we

[css-d] Favorite image replacement technique?

Hi all, Just wondering on your personal favorite image replacement technique or which one you think is best... I'm designing and coding a site where we're using nice typographic headlines. Normally I would use sIFR but in this case it wont work. The headlines all consist of 2 words. The fi

Re: [css-d] Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements

On 6/15/05, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 15 Jun 2005, at 4:12 am, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > > >> When I resize the window, Opera will not redraw the positioned > >> element, unless I hit on "Reload Page". > >> http://www.kriton.de/CSS/fixedpos/container/CSS1Compat-fixedpos

Re: [css-d] Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements

On 15 Jun 2005, at 4:12 am, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: When I resize the window, Opera will not redraw the positioned element, unless I hit on "Reload Page". http://www.kriton.de/CSS/fixedpos/container/CSS1Compat-fixedpos Is this a well-known feature? Yes, it's a weak point in Opera (but not a ma

Re: [css-d] float weirdness in IE/mac

On 15 Jun 2005, at 6:00 am, Steve Clay wrote: http://miamiartlessons.com/ Anyone know how I can fix this for IE/mac? I /think/ it might be: http://www.macedition.com/cb/ie5macbugs/#floatwidthbug Since my content is right-floated, then, following, is my navigation DIV in normal flow with a w

RE: [css-d] Valid Block level list item links

Hi Sander, >However this seems impossible to accomplish with valid html as of course >the following does not validate > > > >08 April 2003 >Top Prizes for Top Paintings.. > >[...] > IMO, the simplest solution would be to have the dt and dd items as separate links to the same place as in: 08 A

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

Valette Ragland, Adam Kuehn and Eric A. Meyer wrote (variations on a theme): Actually, it starts exactly where you placed it. It's just that repeat-y means exactly that: the image is repeated in both directions along the y axis-- in other words, both up AND down. Aha - I appear to have f

[css-d] float weirdness in IE/mac

http://miamiartlessons.com/ Anyone know how I can fix this for IE/mac? I /think/ it might be: http://www.macedition.com/cb/ie5macbugs/#floatwidthbug Since my content is right-floated, then, following, is my navigation DIV in normal flow with a width. But what's the safest way to fix? Float the n

[css-d] Need help and advice

I was recently admonished for the following:>I'm writing you offlist to request a change in your quoting policy. > The practice of quoting most (or all) of a message unnecessarily inflates > message sizes, and drives up traffic as well as makes life more difficult > for digest readers. I

Re: [css-d] Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements

Uwe Kaiser wrote: When I resize the window, Opera will not redraw the positioned element, unless I hit on "Reload Page". http://www.kriton.de/CSS/fixedpos/container/CSS1Compat-fixedpos Is this a well-known feature? Yes, it's a weak point in Opera (but not a major one IMO). This page

[css-d] problems with backgrounds and floats

I'm trying to build a site that has a background color/image in a div tag, and within that div tag are two other divs that float both to the left and right of each other (2 give a multi-column layout). The problem I'm having is the background of the parent div will not repeat beneath the floating t

Re: [css-d] Different behaviour

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:13:33 -0400, Gregory Shilin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I've got this quite simple page: http://kappa.homeip.net/~gshilin/tmp/test.htm It looks good in FF, but in IE6/Win you can see 3-pixel background beneath images. Any suggestions? --- Thank you, Grego

Re: [css-d] Background Image in Firefox

At 1:28 PM -0600 6/14/05, Tim Zappe wrote: When t rying to use a bottom background image in Firefox 1.0, it does not display correctly. I have a dive that wraps my content, that has a background of background:url('i/page.gif') bottom left no-repeat; I can't get this to work in Firefox, but

Re: [css-d] site check - proper use of css expressions

Greetings, On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:26:19 -0700, Don Hinshaw wrote: >  > I am hoping that some of the kind folk who gave me advice on the > use of CSS expressions might take a look to see if I have > overlooked anything crucial. When I tried the "Change font size" links, I got these errors: IE: Li

[css-d] Background Image in Firefox

When trying to use a bottom background image in Firefox 1.0, it does not display correctly. I have a dive that wraps my content, that has a background of > background:url('i/page.gif') bottom left no-repeat; I can't get this to work in Firefox, but it works perfectly in IE. What am I doing wr

Re: [css-d] CSS Expressions

David Hucklesby schrieb: That's a clever idea. Thanks for linking. Ingo __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -

Re: [css-d] Problems With CSS Printing

Hi Steven, Apologies for not having time right now to analyse your problem fully. But, since no-one else has replied to you, may I suggest you try removing your floats and absolute positioning when printing? Most browsers have trouble with these on printing. I have searched online for a r

[css-d] Different behaviour

Hi All, I've got this quite simple page: http://kappa.homeip.net/~gshilin/tmp/test.htm It looks good in FF, but in IE6/Win you can see 3-pixel background beneath images. Any suggestions? --- Thank you, Gregory Shilin __

Re: [css-d] CSS Expressions

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:28:43 -0400, Alexander Khost wrote: > I recently found a CSS expression hack for IE's lack of min-width > support. > Alexander, There's also this CSS-only solution to min-width from Stu Nicholls: Be sure to read his (s

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

Ingo Chao schrieb: ... #wrapper { position: relative; margin: 1em 5em; padding: 0 25px 0 0; background: rgb(241, 234, 153) url('border-r.jpg') scroll 100% 70px repeat-y ;} #maincontent { padding: 70px 0px 0px 25px; background: transparent url('border-l.jpg') repeat-y scroll left 70px; } #

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

Rachael Beale (CSS-Discuss) schrieb: When I set the background-repeat on the right-hand border to repeat-y, I can no longer seem to control the image's initial vertical position (i.e. it starts immediately at the top of the div rather than, say, 70px down). Page: http://www.petrucci-ensemble.org

Re: [css-d] Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:51:10 -0400, Uwe Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements. Hi list, On a page I have a fix positioned element. When I resize the window, Opera will not redraw the positioned element, unless I hit on

[css-d] Space discrepancy between IE6 and everybody else

Hi All-- I'm confused as to why the instances of negative top margins on this page seem to have a greater effect in IE6/win than Safari, IE5/Mac, Firefox, etc. http://seebigbelly.com/photoartbymarti/index.html Those instances are above the blue text on the left (Journalistic equine photogr

[css-d] css based replacement for image buttons

Hi list, this is the first time that I am posting here. I have been following discussions for a while and also like the Wiki. I am looking for some hints on menu buttons. I have to locatlize a site which makes heavy use of images for shadows and curved areas. Also they used images for every but

Re: [css-d] uneven divs in IE6 win

I think this might have something to do with a float bug in ie/pc. IE will sometimes double margin values on floated elements. The fix is easy. Just add display: inline to the #left_column and #right_column declaration blocks. Here's an abbreviated version your css with the addition I'm suggest

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

At 6:04 PM +0100 6/14/05, Rachael Beale (CSS-Discuss) wrote: When I set the background-repeat on the right-hand border to repeat-y, I can no longer seem to control the image's initial vertical position (i.e. it starts immediately at the top of the div rather than, say, 70px down). Actually,

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

yes...I see what you mean. I should have said there was no way to position the starting point AND then direct the repetition (up/down). Thanks! --- Ray Dickman D2 Digital Media ---Original Message--- > From: "Valette Ragland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [css-d] Using background

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

Ray Dickman wrote: > > When I set the background-repeat on the right-hand border to repeat-y, > I can no longer seem to control the image's initial vertical position > (i.e. it starts immediately at the top of the div rather than, say, > > 70px down). > > > Is this a known

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

You could double div the "maincontent" area to get something you can both left and right border. i.e. blah, blah One gets the left border, one gets the right border. Not very elegant, but it works and it's valid. E On 6/14/05, Rachael Beale (CSS-Discuss) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

On 6/14/05, Ray Dickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: || You cannot vertically position a background image that is repeated on the y-axis.Similarily, || you can't horizontally position a background image that is repeated on x-axis. This is not quite right. You can vertically position a background im

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

I'm trying to simulate an image border on a central content area, by adding the right-hand border to a wrapper div and the left-hand to the main content area inside it. Why can't you do the right side exactly the same as the left? abs - Original Message - From: "Rachael Beale (CSS-Disc

Re: [css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

I believe this is the correct (or at least prevelant) behaviour. You cannot vertically position a background image that is repeated on the y-axis.  Similarily, you can't horizontally position a background image that is repeated on x-axis. That's been my experience anyway! --- Ray Dickman D2 Di

Re: [css-d] uneven divs in IE6 win

Bruce Gilbert schrieb: I have noticed a problem in IE 6 win on the PC for a site I am working on located at http://www.inspired-evolution.com. The outer-div and Inner div content don't seem to be aligning. One is overlapping the other on the right hand side allowing the background to show through

[css-d] Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements

Opera doesn't refresh page after resizing with respect to fix positioned elements. Hi list, On a page I have a fix positioned element. When I resize the window, Opera will not redraw the positioned element, unless I hit on "Reload Page". http://www.kriton.de/CSS/fixedpos/container/CSS1Compat-f

[css-d] Using background-position and background-repeat together

Dear all, I've read the specs, searched the wiki and searched the archives, and can't find the solution, so apologies if I have overlooked something really obvious. I'm trying to simulate an image border on a central content area, by adding the right-hand border to a wrapper div and the left-han

Re: [css-d] Site check--Mouseriders

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:57:24 -0400, Kim Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Duh... http://mouseriders.dk/ Sorry about that. I would be glad if you could help me with the following... [...] I would be happy for a sitecheck in general regarding DL time, accessibility Suggestion: body { font-family

[css-d] uneven divs in IE6 win

I have noticed a problem in IE 6 win on the PC for a site I am working on located at http://www.inspired-evolution.com. The outer-div and Inner div content don't seem to be aligning. One is overlapping the other on the right hand side allowing the background to show through top/right. I'm not sure

[css-d] Dr Who - the Tardis effect

As you all know the Tardis is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside! Full details at www.iansweeney.me.uk/p2 I have an image (nav-top.jpg) that is 203px wide but it is nested inside a div (sidebar) that is only 168px (167 + 1) wide. This looks fine in Firefox but not in IE. I’d

Re: [css-d] client experiences problem I don't (probably IE??? maybe xp???) BOO IS HOME!

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:49:49 -0400, BJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Page here: http://decorides.com/carsforsale.htm css here: http://decorides.com/webstyles.css bj While these screen captures show some problems, they are not as your client describes. I was not able to replicate the described

[css-d] APOLOGY for the javascript URL

hello all, I am extremely sorry for the problems my URL caused (posting re: delay time on Javascript menus). The page is not actually behind the password protection, but some of the image calls are made to a development directory that is behind the password protection. VERY SORRY. thanks much to

Re: [css-d] Problem with links as block-level elements

I would suggest using an inline list of hyperlinks rather than nested DIVs. The portion of your screen that resides more or less above the buttons is all relegated to the outermost DIV which I believe is the CONTACT US container. If you examine the area below each button it properly shows the butto

Re: [css-d] client experiences problem I don't (probably IE??? maybe xp???) BOO IS HOME!

BJ, > client says: > "something weird is happening, and it has happened to me on two > differenct computers. When I go to cars for sale instead of getting the > list of subjects on the right margin in the dark purple ccolor > background, I get the image all the way across the page with no list o

Re: [css-d] javascript drop down menus lingering too long

Hi I just navigated to your site to take a look and have discovered a request to add a user name and password. I pressed escape because I don't know one but escape isn't good enough. It prompts me again and again and again for a password. Unfortunately all I can do is close my browser. Which

[css-d] Site check with a... NOW WITH URI

Duh... http://mouseriders.dk/ Sorry about that. Hi list, I would be glad if you could help me with the following... On OS9 Mac/IE 5 I have a "background painting bug" in the list menus on the right. I've read a ton of articles and none of them seems to apply to my problem (they way I read th

Re: [css-d] javascript drop down menus lingering too long

> hello -- I am using the javascript function mmLoadMenus(); to create > drop down menus for a navigation bar, and the menus are lingering too > long after mouseout. I am wondering if there is a way to adjust that. > > Also, I have noticed that other sites create the dynamic menus using > hide/sh

Re: [css-d] [OT] javascript drop down menus lingering too long

Ellen Dunne wrote: hello -- I am using the javascript function mmLoadMenus(); to create drop down menus for a navigation bar, and the menus are lingering too long after mouseout. This is a javascript issue, not a css one. Please address js and other non-css issues to a list that discusses j

[css-d] Re: javascript drop down menus lingering too long

On 6/14/05, Ellen Dunne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello -- I am using the javascript function mmLoadMenus(); to create > drop down menus for a navigation bar, and the menus are lingering too > long after mouseout. I am wondering if there is a way to adjust that. Not with CSS. > here is a samp

[css-d] Site check with a problem and something new

Hi list, I would be glad if you could help me with the following... On OS9 Mac/IE 5 I have a "background painting bug" in the list menus on the right. I've read a ton of articles and none of them seems to apply to my problem (they way I read them anyway). So if anyone has an idea I would love

[css-d] client experiences problem I don't (probably IE??? maybe xp???) BOO IS HOME!

Page here: http://decorides.com/carsforsale.htm css here: http://decorides.com/webstyles.css I recently revamped this page slightly. I added the .wrappercarsforsale class so that I could horizontally "isolate" the different cars with their corresponding text on the page. client says: "someth

[css-d] Valid Block level list item links

Hello there, I have this list of newsitems on a sidebar that I thought was best semantically marked-up as pairs of dt and dd elements within a dl list. The dt and dd element together make one item. Of course on clicking the item I would like to show the actual news article. For usability I am li

[css-d] site check w3planet.info

Hi I have made some changes to W3 planet, would you please check it http://www.w3planet.info/site/ and give me your feedback __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http:/

[css-d] javascript drop down menus lingering too long

hello -- I am using the javascript function mmLoadMenus(); to create drop down menus for a navigation bar, and the menus are lingering too long after mouseout. I am wondering if there is a way to adjust that. Also, I have noticed that other sites create the dynamic menus using hide/show layer fun

Re: [css-d] Descendant Selectors

Robert Neville wrote: Can you add descendant ID selectors to an ID selector? #container #header, #container #footer Yes, but you may not always need to include the containing element in your selector. Because id's are unique per page, you may not need the added specificity a compound selecto

Re: [css-d] Can I create a two horizontal menus where each menu item is the same width?

Chris Hardie wrote: I'm working on a site that requires two horizontal menus to be displayed at the top of every page. An example of the kind of menu can be found here: http://www.img.forces.gc.ca/adm_im/index_e.htm I'm trying to set it up as a couple lists, with their list items displayed as in

[css-d] Problem with links as block-level elements

Hi list, Love your work :) hope you can help me... I'm using links here as block-level elements containing "off-left" (http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ScreenreaderVisibility) spans and background images, so I'm probably looking for trouble to begin with! Please see: http://www.easycare.

Re: [css-d] site check - proper use of css expressions

Don Hinshaw wrote: Hello all, I am hoping that some of the kind folk who gave me advice on the use of CSS expressions might take a look to see if I have overlooked anything crucial. The problem that led me to this solution was the center column dropping down when the viewport was narrowed. My pa

Re: [css-d] Question about scrolling cascading menus

On 6/14/05, Michael Millikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've managed to create (with much help!) horizontal, cascading menus (using > lists) for a left nav element. One of the second-level submenus consists of > a list of categories that is dynamically created by the software (Movable > Type). >

Re: [css-d] A question about the best practice to name css styles - Thanks for the replies!

Note: id and class names are case sensitive in XHTML, even when served as text/html. [...] Choosing short, clear names goes a long way. This is true! #navBar and #navbar are *not* the same, and best is to stick to short, descriptive names of classes and IDs, all lowercase. Still, sometimes two